A Victim Of Modern Inventions (Hannah S Battersby Poems)
Since quite a boy Hal Gradient had beenNoted for ingenuity--betweenThe hours when not on active duty heImmersed in some new ...
Since quite a boy Hal Gradient had beenNoted for ingenuity--betweenThe hours when not on active duty heImmersed in some new ...
Of all the blessings which kind heaven bestows,From infancy to life's most lengthened close,The one, far greater than all earthly ...
A LEGEND OF OLD FRANCE.Never did rosy morning Sweep o'er the skirts of night,Calm nature's face adorning, With more intense delight;Never did ...
A tender birdie mother sat In her soft nest one day,Teaching her little fledglings, three, To gambol, sing, and play.Dear little brood, ...
An angel spirit wingingThrough aerial space her flight,O'er peaceful, sleep-bound natureThus sang one autumn night:What are those hosts advancingIn legions ...
Three youths in the heyday of life's hopeful spring, On a bright April morn gaily hied,With three little skiffs, each one ...
Twas eve in Brooklyn, and the bracing airOf northern regions fanned the city fair,Urging life's currents to a generous flowAnd ...
_To Her Majesty the Queen, May 11th, 1886_Beloved Queen of Britain's sea-girt Isles,And lands o'er which the grand Sun ever ...
Late Medical Officer of Health for West Kent, and formerly ofBirkenhead_.DIED DECEMBER 12TH, 1884.Broken the silver cord! the harp unstrung!And ...
Oh! the image and the fable of the Sphynx! What lessons do they teach, What sermons do they preachOf the riddle and ...
Dreaming before the cheerful fire, Cushioned in easy chair,Methought a troupe of fairies bright, So blithe and debonair,Trooped gaily in the dim ...
O ye in power, thus placed to ministerTo every pressing local, social claim,Of those who gave you this authority,Trusting you ...
Science! thou mirror of celestial type Wherein e'en mortals may discerning see,If they with steady perseverance seek, The will and purpose of ...
The morning broke with streams of welcome rain,Such as the two preceding ones had brought.Rain, that in tropic climes means ...
Well I remember, many years ago,Deep in the forest shade of Fontainebleau,With six dear girls in lovely virgin prime,Partaking of ...
Self discipline and perseverance strong,Effort on effort, with endurance long,Make kings of men, who subjugate and swayStern empire over self ...
(_Erected on the Thames Embankment, 1878_).Thou reverend relic from a far-off clime,Of ancient days, triumphant over Time.Thou ocean traveller, brought ...
George Stephenson, the heroic son of Britain's hardy race,The world this day holds festival, his grand career to trace;And proudly ...
Dear Vixey! quadruped of noble type,I fain would chant the praises of thy life,Though words of mine are powerless and ...
Now, welcome home, ye valiant band, By science lured to roam,Thrice welcome to your native land, To Britain's hearth and home;For ye ...
Inhabitants of Liverpool, List to the urgent call,Which summons you in crowds to-day, Within St. George's Hall.There earnest Women are convened, In purpose ...
"Peace with honour," glorious, joy-lit words!Britons, lay down your arms, re-sheath your swords,For the red demon War lies foiled and ...
Only a few links wanting, Earth's toilers oft exclaim,Only a few charmed linklets, To make life's perfect chain;Philosophers and statesmen, Poets and courtiers ...
If sympathy can soften a mourner's poignant woe,And stay the bitter tear drops that from her sad eyes flow,Then take ...
Teacher sublime, great, grand and free!My spirit loves and honours thee,Who taught that all religion ran,In love to God, and ...
A lovely, happy, peaceful home, Within the fond embraceOf circling mountains and a stream Of calm meandering grace.The Susquehanna's limpid flow, With the ...
It is but a bright autumn leaflet,Blown adrift from the fond parent stem,To wither and perish in silence,Like many a ...
Oh! I love the free air of the grand mountain height, In its freshness new vigour I find,It makes life's warm ...
I met a pleasant, thoughtful girl, Fresh from a homely bandOf Shaker brethren who fare well In this far Western land.I talked ...
Your beauteous gift of lovely brilliant flowers,My dear young friend, has cheered my suffering hours,With loved charged telegrams from nature's ...
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